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• Arlington under Tornado Watch Monday night

  27-05-2024 22:10 via arlnow.com
  
  Storm clouds over Ballston (staff photo by Jay Westcott)
  Arlington County is under a Tornado Watch tonight (Monday) amid a threat of severe weather.
  Much of the D.C. area is under the watch, which was issued shortly before 4 p.m. and is set to remain in effect until 11 p.m.
  More, below, from the National Weather Service.
  There is a potential for severe storms capable of producing considerable wind damage, large hail, and the threat for an isolated tornado this afternoon and early this evening.
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• Arlington Co. police arrest Maryland man accused of assaulting on-duty officer

  27-05-2024 15:45 via wtop.com
  
  Arlington County, Virginia, police have charged a Charles County, Maryland, man with the assault and malicious wounding of an on-duty police officer Sunday.
  The incident happened just before 1 a.m. Sunday in the 2900 block of Columbia Pike, according to a news release from the Arlington County Police Department.
  Officials said 29-year-old Otis Brown, a resident of Waldorf, Maryland, was outside a business in the area “attempting to confront security personnel” when the parking enforc
  
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• ACPD: Man arrested after seriously injuring police officer along Columbia Pike

  27-05-2024 14:00 via arlnow.com
  
  Arrest of man suspected of seriously assaulting a police officer (via Dave Statter/Twitter)
  A Maryland man has been charged with seriously injuring an Arlington police officer.
  The incident happened around 1 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of the Pike and S. Walter Reed Drive.
  “At approximately 12:52 a.m. on May 26, an officer conducting parking enforcement in the area observed the male suspect causing a disturbance outside a business in the 2900 block of Columbia Pike by attempting to c
  
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• Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for Arlington as line of storms approach

  27-05-2024 03:35 via arlnow.com
  
  Lightning over Langston Blvd and Metro 29 Diner (file photo)
  A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for Arlington and other parts of the immediate D.C. area.
  The watch is in effect until midnight.
  Forecasters say a line of storms approaching from the west could bring damaging wind gusts, hail and frequent lightning. The line also spawned a likely tornado in Culpeper County.A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wes
  
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